Instead of having useless radio operators in tanks, why not have a second gunner that can fire the tank hull mounted mg, this could also be AI controlled giving the player some defence from nearby infantry when the players attention is somewhere else, like on a nearby tank. To avoid this being too OP the range of the hull mounted mg when under ai control should be severely limited.
I think this would add some immersion, and as it would now be harder to charge the tank from the front, it would encourage better anti tank tactics then just charge > throw dynamite > die > repeat until the tank dies as now infantry would have to identify if the tank has a hull mg, then decide what angle would be best to approach the tank.
You never know, it might also encourage those who hill camp in tanks to push in a little knowing that they have some better defence in close quarters
As bots are right now, 180 snapshooting, or rather snapsniping (!) From the other end of the map, I wouldn’t give AI the control of something that powerful. Even if the range is artificially limited, AI is simply not ready.
It does have potential though and could be an option someday when bots/ai stands between terminators and dumb chicken.
Imo any option other than AI controlled hull MG doesn’t make sense. Because if you have to control it manually you may as well use coax, unless your turret traverse is really slow (PzIV J ).
The same goes for multi turret tanks if turrets have only MGs.
well it means that you can have machine guns pointing in 2 directions. quick switching would allow you to cover blind areas. and if you tank squad with friends you can be a mobile mg bunker
i see no way to shoot your main gun while poking out of a tank no control setting you have control of 50 cal but no gun in your gear if you know how. can u elaborate a bit please
ohh by main gun you mean primary firearm? main gun usually refers to the tank cannon. You can fire the tank gun and mg outside the hatch but not your personal weapons
im not talking about cannon im talking about the gun you give them in the menu m3 grease gun , lanchester , thompson no way to shoot the gun in commander mode not shooting the cannon or 50 cal but the one you give them yes i kno hes holding the stg but this is what im talking about
I agree, would need a new model of ai for tank hull mgs or things like emplacements. Accuracy, range, vision are all things to be considered there. Would be worth the work though to have a more versatile ai that can do more things
I like this too, would make sense to have the commander shooting the mounted mg defending against closing infantry whilst your in the gunner position picking off tanks. Would probably require more work then the hull mg though.
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